For reprint rights or to purchase a copy of your Daily Journal photo, email Jeremy_Ellis@dailyjournal.com for prices or call 213-229-5424.

To buy more copies, call 866-531-1492 or email subscribe@dailyjournal.com
This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Government

Feb. 6, 2007

A Lawyer's Journey to Guantanamo

FORUM COLUMN - By Michael Rapkin - A San Fernando Valley real estate lawyer's odyssey representing a detainee turned out well, but the path was littered with government abuses.

Forum Column

By Michael Rapkin
     
      It was one year ago when I first met my client, Yousef Abdullah Al-Rubaish, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Yousef had been deemed an "enemy combatant" by President Bush and the U.S. military, tortured and locked up at Gitmo's high-security prison for four years. He had not been charged with committing any hostile acts against the United States or any of it...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up



By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our cookie policy. You can learn more about how we use cookies by reviewing our Privacy Policy here.